Boasting upcoming titles in development from filmmakers like Ismaël El Iraki, Dima Hamdan and Hinde Boujemaa, plus those in post-production ranging from the MENA region to world cinema hailing from Hong Kong, Cameroon, Chile and Iran, the Doha Film Institute confirms its place as the best place for films and auteurs to meet, and find their well-deserved support.
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The list of cinema personalities encountering the public at this year’s festival in Morocco also includes Sean Penn and David Cronenberg, in Marrakech to receive their honorary awards, as well as persecuted Iranian helmer Mohammad Rasoulof, Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako and US director-slash-artist extraordinaire Tim Burton.
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